clink

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (onomatopoeic) The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
2. Stress cracks produced in metal ingots as they cool after being cast.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
2. (dated, humorous) To rhyme.

Verb

To clinch; to rivet.

Conceptes

dring

sonar

🔉

dringar

garjola

presidi

tintinabular

ning-ning

calabós

trinc

penal

trincar

Sinònims

tinkle

jingle

ring

💍

chink

clang

jail

clank

jangle

rattle

slammer

gaol

sound

🔉

chime

chokey

ting

tink

prison

jailhouse

click

ding

hoosegow

clatter

rustle

poky

peal

pen

🖊️

pokey

cooler

coin

🪙

clobber

clip

buzz

clicking

check

cleft

hold

chatter

bump

bastille

clash

hard cash

gurgle

clap

👏

chateau

hit

hock

gash

flaw

hurt

fissure

Traduccions

klingen

💍

tintinnare

tintinear

klirren

tinter

tönen

sonner

🔉

chirona

prisão

taule

τσουγκρίζω

κουδουνίζω

Knast

prison

tintinnio

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/klɪŋk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: clinken

Heretat de anglès antic: *clincan

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: klinken

Cognat amb alemany: klingen

In summary

From Middle English clinken, from Old English *clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (“to sound; resound”)), from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”).
Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Related to cling (sound) and clang. May be further related to call.
Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal.